Opinion

New regulations are now in force to protect lowest earning debtors, writes Ahsan Mustafa. An Earnings Arrestment Schedule is an effective method of diligence which puts the ...

According to the Scottish government, it’s estimated that there are 52,000 unpaid carers in Scotland. Given the stereotypes and societal expectations surrounding the word ‘carer’, there can ...

I wrote in February on The Burden of Compliance, having read the articles about the Scottish Law Agents Society and their survey of the profession. Happily, I ...

The title of this blog is inspired by one of the speakers at the conference on 25 March when the Open University (OU) Law School hosted a ...

As stage one of the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill concludes at Holyrood, legal experts – Dr Mary Neal (Strathclyde), Dr Murray Earle ...

Recently we saw a Pizza Hut franchisee (Glenshire Group) in Scotland publicly come under fire after workers staged a protest over alleged “wage theft” and the implementation ...

John Sturrock KC considers how the skills associated with mediation can help professionals. Over the past several months I have worked with many different professional people across ...

Both lenders and borrowers should familiarise themselves with the upcoming changes to the law governing assignation and security over moveable property in Scotland which the Moveable Transactions ...

The financial woes at notable Scottish universities are making headlines. Faced with rising costs, including staff pension provisions and salaries and new immigration rules (responsible in part ...

The Sheriff Appeal Court has recently considered the question of whether the assignation of a loan also functioned to assign a personal guarantee which related to that ...

Derek Couper discusses why it is essential that the recent consultation on non-surgical cosmetic procedures leads to swift and decisive action. With the consultation process by the ...

In the final article of the series on the Clark Foundation for Legal Education, the trustees look at an ongoing project that it is supporting. MiniTrials – ...

The Clark Foundation for Legal Education’s first awards were made in 1991. Since then, the foundation has made over 600 awards, write the trustees of the foundation ...

The UK government has initiated a public consultation to develop a new tax mechanism aimed at providing a predictable fiscal response to future oil and gas price ...

Amber Ockenden from the Intellectual Property Office takes a look at the law surrounding everyone's favourite brick. LEGO was founded by Ole Kirk Christiansen in 1932 and, ...